[Potironette]

Luck shrugged, "Nuthin' much. But they're-" He paused, "It's fine." He knew his parents would harp on him later, but for Rune it was fine. He opened the door to the unlit dark of his sleepy home.

He let go of Rune's wrist, just then remembering he had been holding onto it. He closed the door behind them and moved to show Rune the living room. It was a dark space, for the curtains were eternally drawn. The hard backed chairs were arranged around a square wood table. Connected to the living room was a small kitchen. "There's cold spaghetti in that fridge," Luck remarked. Then he pointed up to the carpeted steps. "The first room is mine, you can sleep on the bed there at night. The bathroom's at either end of the hallway up there."

[Kitarun]

Rune nodded, looking around the house. He was glad he wouldn't have to spend the night outside, but the way Luck talked about his parents bugged him a little. Would they be upset to find a stranger in their home when they returned? And... Wait- "If I'm sleeping in your bed, where are you going to sleep?"

[Potironette]

Luck started up toward his room, "The floor. It's a lot nicer than it sounds." It was true, for him anyway. As a kid he snuck out of the house to sleep beneath the stars at the backyard. Sometimes in winter he stayed on the floor and just imagined those stars again.

[Kitarun]

Rune frowned. "If you're sure..." He said, looking around before deciding to follow Luck upstairs. "I wouldn't want to force you out of your own bed."

[Potironette]

"'Course I am. You couldn't if you tried."

He opened the door to his room. Wood-grained floors, a bed in blue sheets, a clean desk of multicolored folders and a plate where had eaten spaghetti from. He picked up the plate, "I should clean this up. You can use my computer if you want."

The laptop was shoved into a corner of the desk. Luck rarely used computers. In fact, the laptop had only been touched twice. The first time, to set it up. The second time, to uninstall all the bloatware the laptop came with--which turned out to be a waste of effort since he never used the thing again.

[Kitarun]

Rune shook his head slightly. "I've got my own, thanks..." He said, settling himself on the bed, looking around the room for an outlet nearby. He found one down the side of the bed, and smiled, plugging in his laptop cord, and his phone charger. He plugged the other end of the charger into the phone, dropping it onto the bed next to him ehile he powered up his laptop while he waited for Luck to come back up.

He was sat, knees drawn up with computer ballanced on them, one socked foot tapping lightly. He'd removed his shoes when they'd come in, it being habit to do so at his own home. He shifted, going crosslegged, before deciding to remove his jacket and hoodie, leaving him in a black and green tshirt and his jeans.

[Potironette]

Luck was surprised when he saw Rune pull out a laptop. Did he carry that with him everywhere?

He turned on the kitchen faucet and spilled a dab of soap wash onto the plate. Scrubbing a little, he got the pasta sauce off before putting it into the drying hamper. As he turned to head back, he heard the sound of the door opening. He grimaced, already?

[Kitarun]

Rune perked up a little when he heard the door open. He wondered who was there, since Luck had said his parents would be out for a few hours yet... He wasn't sure whether to go and look, or just stay quiet.

[Potironette]

The door opened, the door closed. A woman in blonde hair came in with another one in brown hair.
"Stay awhile, won't you?" The blonde one was saying to the brunette.
"You're married," said the brunette to the blonde.
"Oh he's so dull!" Replied the blonde.
Giggling, they headed up the stairs.

Luck poked his head out of the kitchen. His mom and, whoever it was she was meeting with.

[Kitarun]

Rune happened to catch a glimpse of a blond and a brunette walk past the slightly open bedroom door, thankful they didn't notice him. He relaxed slightly, listening as another door shut further down the hall.

[Potironette]

As Luck headed back up to his room, he heard the door click open again.

"I'm home." Said his father's voice.
Luck turned around, "Hey Dad. Mom's home too, but you don't want to see her yet." He said cryptically.
"Why not, son?"
"Why'd you marry Mom?"
"Because I love her."
"Okay Dad." Luck paused, "Have you considered other people might love her too?"
"I'll keep any men away from her!"
"What about women?"
"What are you talking about, son?"
"Nothing."

Luck slipped into his room, opening the door just wide enough to get through, before shutting it behind him.

[Kitarun]

Rune looked up as Luck returned. "Thought you said they wouldn't be home til late?" He asked softly, looking at the blonde curiously. Luck had seemed so sure they would be a few hours yet... Why were they home so early?

[Potironette]

"You saw?"

Luck sighed. "My mom's home early to avoid my dad. My dad's home early sometimes depending on his work--but it feels like he's never home because all he does is hole up in his room doing more work anyway.

He sat down by the chair at his desk. "What're doing on your computer?"

[Kitarun]

Kieran shrugged, cheeks taking on a light tinge if color as he shut down a few tabs. "Nothing really... Just browsing, doing a bit of work for a project in my programming class..." He said, setting the laptop aside for a moment. He wanted to ask Luck about his mother, though the other teen seemed unwilling, by the sudden change in topic.

[Potironette]

"What did you see?" Luck asked, seeing Rune no longer looked as busy.

He figured that depending on what Rune saw, he might have some things that he'd rather explain than leave to chance. Inexplicable things had a way of becoming dangerous.

[Kitarun]

"Not much, honestly. Your door wasn't open very wide. A hint of brown and blonde as two people passed, giggling to one another." He said, shrugging a bit. Who was he to judge? "And then I heard your father come home."